The Clinton was showing a Charlie Chaplin double bill in November 1976, so there may have been a period where they were showing revival films or classics.
The indomitable Mrs. Robison won her lawsuit against some heavy hitters, according to this LA Times story dated 4/7/33:
Theater Owner Wins Film Suit
Inglewood Woman Awarded $35,336 Damages
Mrs. Fae Robison, erstwhile partner of the Seville motion picture theater in Inglewood, who used the provisions of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in a suit for damages against a number of motion picture producers, won a verdict for $35,336 damages and attorneys fees amounting to $3533. The suit was tried before United States District Court Judge Cosgrave.
Included in the list of defendants were First National Pictures, Inc, Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc, Metro-Goldwyn Distributing Corporation, Universal Film Exchange, Fox Film Corporation, Los Angeles Film Exchange Board of Trade and thirty two other film boards of trade.
The woman theater owner asserted in her complaint that the defendants entered into a conspiracy in December 1925 to place her Seville Theater in a second zone, subordinating her house to a nearby competitor, compelling her to exhibit second-run pictures instead of first-run which she had been displaying to her patrons. It was intimated that the defendants will take an appeal.
There has to be a limit on how many lofts you can put downtown and expect to be filled. I walked around for a while after I went to the library and saw that most of the buildings that I remember as vacant from the late nineties now converted to apartments. I also took a spin through the new Ralphs at 9th and Flower.
The Medallion will be facing Los Angeles Street, so the gentrification effort is apparently moving eastward. I believe the Westminster was torn down in the early 60s, so that parking lot has been there for a long time.
What happened to the zoom function? I wish I could zero in on the next block in this 1932 photo. The Rex/Lux would have been on the left and the Tunnel on the right, assuming the Tunnel was still around by then. http://tinyurl.com/27bq8x
I see where the Lux is now, after looking at the 1965 photo. It’s on the northeast corner of Figueroa and Third, just before the 110 onramp. I thought it was after the freeway. There is a large apartment complex on that corner now.
The Clinton was showing a Charlie Chaplin double bill in November 1976, so there may have been a period where they were showing revival films or classics.
The indomitable Mrs. Robison won her lawsuit against some heavy hitters, according to this LA Times story dated 4/7/33:
Theater Owner Wins Film Suit
Inglewood Woman Awarded $35,336 Damages
Mrs. Fae Robison, erstwhile partner of the Seville motion picture theater in Inglewood, who used the provisions of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in a suit for damages against a number of motion picture producers, won a verdict for $35,336 damages and attorneys fees amounting to $3533. The suit was tried before United States District Court Judge Cosgrave.
Included in the list of defendants were First National Pictures, Inc, Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc, Metro-Goldwyn Distributing Corporation, Universal Film Exchange, Fox Film Corporation, Los Angeles Film Exchange Board of Trade and thirty two other film boards of trade.
The woman theater owner asserted in her complaint that the defendants entered into a conspiracy in December 1925 to place her Seville Theater in a second zone, subordinating her house to a nearby competitor, compelling her to exhibit second-run pictures instead of first-run which she had been displaying to her patrons. It was intimated that the defendants will take an appeal.
Here is a 1949 photo from the LAPL:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics12/00025723.jpg
How could I be right or wrong? I was surmising, not asserting that the GG was too big for a drug store. I object.
It seems kind of large for a drug store, though.
I guess a Walgreens is a “positive re-use”, depending on how much is left after the renovation. Better than demolition, anyway.
They were not very receptive when I was walking around with my camera. I think an arrangement would have to be made before I go back there again.
Here are some photos from the USC archive. Some were posted before, but the USC link has been changed:
http://tinyurl.com/2erugt
http://tinyurl.com/2yyxhy
http://tinyurl.com/2bu8w3
http://tinyurl.com/27gczv
http://tinyurl.com/28r4tg
http://tinyurl.com/yuarf3
You’re right. An incorrect assumption on my part based on faulty photo review. Apologies.
Here are three photos from the LA Library dated 1987, 1938 and 1925, respectively. The last shows the Granada in place of the Fox:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics43/00041301.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics20/00019999.jpg
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics01/00020001.jpg
It looks like the church is moving out. The building is for sale.
There has to be a limit on how many lofts you can put downtown and expect to be filled. I walked around for a while after I went to the library and saw that most of the buildings that I remember as vacant from the late nineties now converted to apartments. I also took a spin through the new Ralphs at 9th and Flower.
Does it say “Everything Not Over a Dollar” on the marquee? I didn’t see that before. That’s a bit of a syntactical problem, I think.
The Medallion will be facing Los Angeles Street, so the gentrification effort is apparently moving eastward. I believe the Westminster was torn down in the early 60s, so that parking lot has been there for a long time.
Joe, any idea if that’s the theater building? There aren’t any photos of the theater in existence, as far as I know.
Here are some photos from August 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/2gd42h
http://tinyurl.com/25bd2l
http://tinyurl.com/29hwpy
http://tinyurl.com/2d5ez2
http://tinyurl.com/yuu3sq
http://tinyurl.com/22bx8v
http://tinyurl.com/2z873g
http://tinyurl.com/2gy8tu
http://tinyurl.com/2gc6wz
http://tinyurl.com/2y9bs3
Here are some photos from August 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/2o9o5m
http://tinyurl.com/337lyj
http://tinyurl.com/2lsg8b
http://tinyurl.com/2ksmxe
http://tinyurl.com/2ujkmp
http://tinyurl.com/2n2k7x
http://tinyurl.com/2t8sc7
http://tinyurl.com/2k6ps5
http://tinyurl.com/36ln6r
http://tinyurl.com/32md86
Here are some photos from August 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/3xlrmd
http://tinyurl.com/39gkfn
http://tinyurl.com/352o2z
http://tinyurl.com/37gvwt
http://tinyurl.com/399aov
http://tinyurl.com/2vm66j
http://tinyurl.com/3332jo
http://tinyurl.com/2pfvyc
http://tinyurl.com/2qqnbu
This is the building at the location today. I’m not sure if this is the theater or a replacement:
http://tinyurl.com/386a6l
http://tinyurl.com/399pqe
http://tinyurl.com/38xckb
http://tinyurl.com/32ye5t
The Inglewood Theater was listed at 142 N. Market in the mid seventies, per the LA Times adult film ads. Here are two photos of the location today:
http://tinyurl.com/36kb2c
http://tinyurl.com/365oks
Here are some photos from August 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/24dmdw
http://tinyurl.com/2dubcz
http://tinyurl.com/yvtaey
http://tinyurl.com/2b8qof
http://tinyurl.com/2x72oj
http://tinyurl.com/yrxrjc
http://tinyurl.com/2y8o5e
http://tinyurl.com/2h5uww
http://tinyurl.com/ytrrp9
http://tinyurl.com/ypshql
Here is a photo from the USC archive, circa 1930:
http://tinyurl.com/27fgfv
Here are two photos from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/2xjxyx
http://tinyurl.com/22pv7j
What happened to the zoom function? I wish I could zero in on the next block in this 1932 photo. The Rex/Lux would have been on the left and the Tunnel on the right, assuming the Tunnel was still around by then.
http://tinyurl.com/27bq8x
I see where the Lux is now, after looking at the 1965 photo. It’s on the northeast corner of Figueroa and Third, just before the 110 onramp. I thought it was after the freeway. There is a large apartment complex on that corner now.